so e3's over for another year but overall it was a pretty good show. if you haven't checked out the major presentations from the show they are probably worth a look if you've got the time. here's the links - microsoft, sony and nintendo. microsoft seemed to have the strongest show in my opinion. sony did a good job showing off new ps3 stuff coming out and the new psp go does look pretty good. nintendo while doing better than last year (which wasn't difficult) were still a little disappointing. they are obviously set on pleasing the casual gamer so their presentation was quite bizarre considering the only people watching are the hardcore. that said super mario galaxy 2 and the new metroid game look alright. new super mario bros wii seems a bit weird. it's cool they are bringing a classic 2d mario game to the wii with 4 player coop gameplay but i can't help but think they could and should have done this years ago on the n64 or gamecube. watching the gameplay it just looks like they've been beaten to the punch and outdone already by little big planet.
the new motion control stuff from microsoft and sony look pretty interesting. i'm still not really conviced it's the way to go for anyone other than the casual gamers (kids, parents, grandparents, etc) but nintendo seems to be printing money with the wii and ds's success so obviously microsoft and sony want in. out of the two sony's does seem the strongest and most likely to succeed even if the controllers do look like weird glow sticks.
i thought the beatles rock band animated intro was awesome and really well made. can't say i'm a beatles fan (just never really listened much to them) but i liked the songs used and i've never properly tried a rock band game but after seeing this and the game demoed i kinda wanna give both a try.
but all this is all just background noise from e3. the major stuff i am looking forward to (also mentioned in my upcoming gaming awesomeness post) is:
call of duty modern warfare 2 - this just looks awesome. i'm a pretty big fan of all of the call of duty games but the video of the new demo shown at e3 looks pretty amazing. this could be goldeneye amazing :)
aliens vs predator - like i said before i've been a fan of the games series for a long time (less said about the movies the better) but the new videos of the predator gameplay demo look really fun. i especially like the new way the predator can jump from tree to tree just like in the movies.
left 4 dead 2 - wasn't expecting this game to be shown off or released so soon after left 4 dead which only came out in october. first thing i noticed was the improved graphics and some new weapons, which isn't really hard - left 4 dead's graphics looked pretty dated even when it came out but the new trailer looks cool so check it out.
perfect dark xbox live arcade - one of my favorite n64 games coming to xbox 360 is just awesome. hopefully they'll include online play to make a great game even better. cannot wait!
well that about covers e3 2009 the only stuff that i missed was half life 2 episode 3 and a new zelda on wii to look forward to. nevermind, hopefully next year.
until then ever wonder what the bottom of an avatar shoe looks like?
microsoft fail...
